Ellipsoid meaning

What does “ellipsoid” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“ellipsoid” is a noun and adjective with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles.

ellipsoid

noun

  1. a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles

    “the Earth is an ellipsoid”

adjective

  1. having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University